PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XLVI, Issue 19, 18 May 1921, Page 323

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Queen Street Wharf (Auckland).3rd instant, from FRANK HERBERT BRETT’S bedroom at the Waverley Hotel, a brown-leather suit-case, with “ F.H.8.” on one side, containing a dress-suit, a pair of black-button boots, size 7, and several shirts and other articles of underclothing; a brown-leather kit-bag, with “ E.H.8.” on one side, two clasp fasteners and a lock in centre, containing two blueserge coats, a blue-serge vest, a pair of grey-tweed trousers, a suit of coloured pyjamas, articles of underclothing, several papers, a gentlemen’s dark-grey-tweed overcoat, and a brown raincoat : total value, £SO. Identifiable.

Queen Street Wharf (Auckland).— ultimo, from a luggage-room at the Waverley Hotel, the property of NEIL CARTER, farmer, Thorndon, Bay of Plenty, a brown-leather suit-case with a lock in centre, containing a silver-backed hair-brush, a voile dress, a ladies’ ornamental jumper, a muslin jumper, a pair of ladies’ black shoes, two white skirts, a black-silk skirt, a pair of white-silk stockings, a pair of brown stockings, and articles of ladies’ underclothing total value, £2O 15s. Identifiable except stockings. •

Queen Street Wharf (Auckland). —26th ultimo, from an office at the Waverley Hotel, the property of ALBERT EDWARD GRANT, 37 Arthur Street, a brown Gladstone bag, containing two pairs of steel snips, two Stilson wrenches, a pair of 12 in. foot-pattern pipe-tongs with “ A.E.G.” on them, a pair of 9 in. foot-pattern pipe-tongs, and a solderingiron ; total value, £5. Identifiable.

Auckland.—2nd instant, from ANNIE ALEXANDER’S shop at 75 Shortland Street, a jet-black oval brooch, 2 in. by 11, in., deeply grooved, one groove has been filed down ; value, £2. Identifiable.

Hawera.3rd instant, from LILY NORFOLK’S dwelling at 128 Argyle Street, an 18 ct. gold ring, set with five Ceylon pearls ; an 18 ct. gold ring, set with five turquoises and eight small-diamonds (large turquoise in centre); an 18 ct. gold short muff-chain ; an 18 ct. gold heart pendant, set with five topazes and five pearls ; and an 18 ct. gold chain bar brooch, set with a pearl _ and two turquoises; total value, £7O ; identifiable; the property of-ETHEL DANIELS : an 18 ct. gold double watch-chain, similar to illustration No. 22 in Police Gazette,-!9l-lT-pago~2 ; a gentlemen’s silver rvpen-faee. Benson watch ; a silver cigarette-holder ; and a gold tiepin, set with a f ct. diamond in claw setting; total value, £4l ; identifiable; the property of WARRICK ISANFIELD DANIELS : six £5 Bank s of England notes ; a £5 Bank of New Zealand* note';. four £1 --motes ;* v two 10s, notes; ' an 18 ct. gold bafTand-ball- and - fine - chain "'guard, with a. gold chased locket with a photogTanh of a man and a woman in-

it attached ; an 18 ct. gold open-face watch, with “ M.M.” on back case; a gold heart pendant; als ct. gold chased ring, set with five turquoises and five pearls at top and bottom ; a gold ring, set with a pearl in centre and seven amethysts; a 15 ct. gold marquise ring, set with several diamonds and a ruby in centre and each side of diamonds ; and a 9 ct. gold ring, set with five rubies in let-in setting; total value, £76 10s. ; identifiable except money; the property of MAY MARKET : also seven £1 notes, tele property of ERIC GARRET BEAUOHAMRA ////f f

Napier.— 26th ultimo, from MARGARET MATHEWSON’S shop in Hastings Street, a black cape, lined with black satin, with long stole ends with bobs of seal at end of each stole ; a yellow crocheted short jumper, with a crocheted tie at bottom ; a white crepe de Chine large blouse, trimmed with black satin,.high full neck and two pink-silk embroidered nightdresses : total value, £52 4s. Identifiable. Suspicion is attached to Three Women (names unknown). Description : First, age about twenty-five, tall, slight build, fair hair and complexion ; dressed in a grey-tweed costume and a biscuitcoloured straw hat. Second, age about forty, medium height and build; dressed in a dark costume and hat. Third, age about forty.

Hastings. ultimo, from.outside the Albert Hotel, the property of JOHN CHARLES MOORE, 813 Lyell Street, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled free-wheel 22 in. bicycle, upturned handles, front-rim brake, rat-trap pedals (right one bent), white paint on front mud-guard; value, £B. Identifiable.

T aradale. On or about the 19th March last, from LOU TEM’S dwelling, twenty-five sovereigns, seven half-sovereigns, £l2 in copper, and £3 in silver and copper; total value, £43 10s. Not identifiable.

Havelock North —On or about the Bth instant, from a sitting-room at the Heretaunga College, the property of WILLIAM GR AY, headmaster, a cash-box, about 10 in. by 6 in. by 5 in., containing about fifteen £1 notes; two or three 10s. notes ; ten or eleven £1 war certificates, some payable August, 1921, others payable August, 1922 ; £5 or £6 in silver; and five receipts for railway sleeping-berths from Palmerston North to Auckland for 11th May, 1921, issued ad Hastings : total value, about *3O. /Receipts only identifiable.

Palmerston North. —29fh ultimo, from the Railway Hotel, the property of SAMUEL FRASER, 37 Church Street, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled free-wheel 22 in. Raleigh bicycle, No. 377114, black grips, rubber pedals, back-pedalling brake, steel mud-guards (back one fastened with copper wire), Velox tire on front wheel, Mosley tire on back wheel; value, £ll. Identifiable.

Palmerston North. —15th March last, from an alley-way off The Square, the property of DONALD JOHNSTONE, farmer, Aokautere, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled 24 in. bicycle, No. 98, upturned handles (no grips), rat-trap pedals, back-pedalling brake, steel mud-guard on back wheel, left crank and pedal twisted, Oceanic tire on front wheel, Barnett Glass tire on back wheel; value, £5. Identifiable.

Palmerston North. —-10th March last, from the Technical School, the property of JAMES CLEVELY, schoolboy, Bunnythorpe, a gentlemen’s black - enamelled free - wheel 24 in. Popular bicycle, No. 80809, down-turned handles with black grips, rat-trap pedals, back-pedalling brake, steel mud-guards, Michelin tires ; value, £ls. Identifiable.

Palmerston North. —sth March last, from Cole’s Buildings, the property of ALICE SEEL, 302 Ferguson Street, a ladies’ 24 in. bicycle, No. 27038, upturned handles with one black grip, rubber pedals, steel rims and mud-guards, front wheel painted green and back wheel black, Rajah tire on back wheel; value, £5. Identifiable./ fl

Pahiatua. — 28th February last, between Pahiatua and Papakura, per Government railways, the property of CHARLES WAHLE, Ohakune, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled bicycle, wide straight handles with blue grips, Governor wheels, “ 8.5. A.” on gear-wheel, black-celluloid mud-guards with “Bluemels Featherweight in gold on them ; value, £l4. Identifiable. , rx , // * / n »a C ■ J

Wellington. —-12th instant, from St. Peter’s Mission Hall in Taranaki Street, the property of HERBERT CLARK, 110 Tasman Street, a gentlemen’s brown-frieze double-breasted overcoat, with woollen lining, belt at back, has been repaired on one shoulder; also a pair of gloves and a pocketbook : total value, £lO 7s. 6d. Identifiable.

Wellington. —On or about the sth instant, from A. S. PATTERSON AND CO.’S strong-room at 4-12 Cuba Street, a cash-box, 10 in. by 6 in. by 4 in., with broken handle, containing £9 15s. in notes and silver and a cheque, No. 3910, for £ll 10s. Id. on the Bank of New Zealand, in favour of Gerrard Wire Tying Company, or order, signed “A. S. Patterson.” Identifiable except money.

Wellington. Between January, 1918, and the 7th ultimo, from a safe in GILBERT EDWARD FOWNES’S shop at 110 Riddiford Street, a Post Office war certificate for £lO, No. 21831, issued 21st August, 1916, and payable 21st August, 1921 ; three Post Office war certificates for £lO each, Nos. 215003, 215004, and 215005, issued 9th April, 1918, and payable 9th April, 1923 ; and a Post Office war certificate for £l, No. 181633, issued 9th April, 1918, and payable 9th April, 1923 ; total value, £4l. Identifiable.

Wellington. —23rd March last, from ALEXANDER McLEAN’S bedroom at the Occidental Hotel, a pair of black medium-sized field-glasses with a sunshade slide on front, name and a dent on one barrel; value, £5. Identifiable.

Wellington. —On or about the 22nd ultimo, from a bedroom at Barrett’s Hotel, the property of DONALD GORDON MITCHELL, 10 Eglington Road, Dunedin, a semi-biscuit and putty-coloured crepe de Chine jumper with apple-green cuffs and collar, green at bottom, and two small green spots on one sleeve ; value, £5. Identifiable:

Wellington. llth ultimo, from the hall at the Hotel Bristol, the property of DOUGAL BRYDE, Soldiers’ Hostel, Vivian Street, a rainproof overcoat, with “ Paislie’s Limited, Jamaica Street, Glasgow,” on inside of left pocket-flap; a solid-leather cabin-trunk, size 36 in. by 18 in. by 12 in., containing four dress-shirts, a blue suit, three pairs of socks, a suit of blue overalls, a Gillette razor in a black case, and other articles ; total value, £ls. Identifiable.

Reefton. -Between the 6th and 12th ultimo, from the drill-shed, the property of THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT (Defence Department), two Lee-Enfield - 303. service rifles, Nos. 519922 and 21925 ; total value, £2O. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —29th March last, from the railway-station, the property of ANDREW FREEBAIRN, grain-merchant, Sydney, a pair of lead-coloured 8X prism binoculars, with separate focussing eye-pieces, in a tan-leather case, “ AF ” on outside of flap at front of case and “ A. Freebairn ” on bottom ; and a No. 3a Kodak camera, autographic single lens, in a solid-leather case : total value, £3O 10s. Identifiable.

Dunedin. —On or about the 24th ultimo, DAVID PORTER WILSON’S dwelling at 29 Mcßride Street was broken into, and a gentlemen’s 18 ct. gold ring, set with a diamond in centre, and £9l, consisting mostly of £5 notes, stolen therefrom ; total value, £lOl. Ring only identifiable.

Dunedin.— On or about the 7th instant J. THOMPSON’S premises at 26 Station Road were broken into, and the following boots stolen therefrom : Nine pairs of gentlemen’s black military boots, sizes 7,8, and 9; total value, £ll 16s. 6d. Identifiable.